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Issue 11January 2014$4.95 list price

Green Kid! a create, play, and learn activity guide for kids

Nocturnal Animals

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TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Cover2. Table of Contents3. About Green Kid Crafts4. Facts About Nocturnal Animals5. Nocturnal Animal List6. Animals at Night Art7. Bat Hat8. Glow in the Dark Firefly

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FACTS ABOUT NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

• Nocturnal animals are more active at night than during the day. These animals sleep during the day, often in a burrow or den.

• Nocturnal animal have special adapta-tions that help them survive in the dark. Over millions of years, these animals have developed traits that help them survive in the darkness.

• Many animals, like desert animals, are noc-turnal in order to escape extreme daytime heat.

• Other nocturnal animals like the dark be-cause they can hide better from their en-emies and it is easier to find food.

• Nocturnal animals may have larger ears to hear better, bigger eyes to see better, and body parts that glow in the night.

NOCTURNAL ANIMAL LIST

• African hunting dog• American Porcupine• Armadillo• Badger• Bat Beaver• Bush baby• Cat• Coyote• Deer• Deer mouse• Owl monkey• Firefly• Fish (SOME: flashlight fish, fly-

ing fish, lantern fish, viper fish, wandering albatross)

• Flying squirrel• Fox (Red fox)• Frog (SOME: Asian flying frog)• Gecko (flying gecko and tokay

gecko)• Gerbil• Ghost crabs• Green sea turtle• Hamster• Hare (snowshoe hare)

• Hedgehog• Heron • Hippo• Hyenas• Kangaroo rat• Kangaroo • Kiwi• Koala• Leopard• Moth• Whippoorwill• Opossum• Owl• Pangolin• Raccoon• Rats• Rhinoceros• Skunk• Snake • Southern flying squirrel• Tiger• Toad (Asian climbing toad)• Weasel• Wolf• Wombat

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SUPPLY LIST- black and yellow/or grey construc-tion paper- tacky glue- twigs- google eyes- silver glitter paint or silver glitter glue

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1: Paint the background of the black paper with silver glitter. Step 2: Break and glue twigs onto pa-per. Step 3: Add googly eyes around the twigs.Step 4: Cut out a moon and glue onto paper.

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Bat Hat

SUPPLY LIST- stiff black felt - white felt- fabric glue- black stocking cap

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1: Cut two bat wings and two bat ears out of the black felt. Step 2: Glue the wings and ears onto the stocking cap. Use clothes pins to secure on the hat while glue is set-ting.Step 3: Cut white eyes with black centers out of felt. Glue onto the front of the hat. Step 4: Now you have the perfect Bat Hat to keep your head warm!

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Everyone knows how fireflies got their name, but many people don’t know how the insects produce their signature glow. Fireflies have dedicated light organs that are located under their abdomens. The insects take in oxygen and, inside special cells, combine it with a substance called luciferin to produce light with almost no heat. Firefly light is usually intermittent, and flashes in patterns that are unique to each species. Each blinking pattern is an optical signal that helps fireflies find potential mates!

SUPPLY LIST- black construction paper- black pipe cleaner- plastic spoon- glow in the dark paint

INSTRUCTIONSStep 1: paint each spoon with glow in dark paint. Step 2: cut two wings and one body per spoon. Step 3: Glue the body to the spoon, then glue the wings to the body. Cut 2 little antennae from the pipe cleaner and glue to the head. Step 4: Take into a closet or dark room and watch them glow!

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Firefly Jar

SUPPLY LIST

- glass jar- glow in the dark paint- black marker- paint brush INSTRUCTIONSStep 1: Paint small dots of paint inside the jar. Step 2: Take your marker, and on the out-side of the jar, draw little firefly wings and heads on your paint dots.

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SUPPLY LIST- panty hose- newspaper or scrap paper- red felt- glue- googly eyes- paper- paints (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1: Cut one leg of the panty hose off.

Step 2: Stuff the panty hose with newspaper or scrap paper to fill in the body of the snake. Tie off once your snake is full of paper.

Step 3: Cut felt to make a tongue for your snake and then glue it on, along with some googly eyes.

Step 4: Decorate with paint and glitter.

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Measuring Snake

SUPPLY LIST- construction paper- googly eyes- ruler- scissors- glue

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1: Trace the shape of a snake about the length of the ruler onto the paper. Cut the snake out.

Step 2: To decorate, cut different shapes out of construction paper and glue them onto the body of the snake.

Step 3: Add the eyes and using the ruler as a guide, write units of measurement on your snake. Now you can have your child measure things in “snake” lengths.

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Red Eyed Tree Frog

SUPPLY LIST- paper plate- red/green/orange construction paper- green paint- scissors- glue

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1: Paint the inside of the plate green. If you can find a green paper plate then skip this step.

Step 2: Cut out oval eyes for the frog from the red paper. Draw pupils and glue the eyes to the top of the plate.

Step 3: Cut out four green legs with orange feet and glue together. Then glue to your frog.

Step 4: Cut out a red tongue and glue on the center of the plate.

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Porcupine

SUPPLY LIST- Styrofoam oval- golf tees- paint- paintbrush - googly eyes- glue

INSTRUCTIONSStep 1: Cut the Styrofoam oval in half.Step 2: Paint your porcupine. We painted our with a green head, an orange body, and with green dots. Step 3: Glue on the google eyes.Step 4: Stick the golf tees into the body to make the quills.

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